Nellie and Tom Carter tidy up marriage tale
Nellie Carter schemes to curb her husband Tom’s slovenly habits by turning housekeeping into a campaign. She resets his slippers and hat, then offers a bargain. Tom agrees to keep things in place if she does the same. Granger visits, and Tom relents, leaving Nellie victorious and their home neatly staged.
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Miscellaneous 19th Century News Snippets and Oddities
A rapid survey of diverse notes from the era covers legal shifts and tax changes, unusual births, and local curiosities. Topics include new Massachusetts sparrow killing rules, orange wine shipments from St. Augustine, Prussia’s income tax thresholds, a Wisconsin girl with three tongues, a juror drawn in Clarion county, and remarks on fashion and poetry among lawyers. It also mentions Mary Wolfe's medical medal, Boscawen NH’s 150th anniversary, Virginia's William and Mary College shutdown, Frank James’s comments on Governor Crittenden, a Missouri woman with 18 years of married life and no child, Gortschakoff’s tongue-tolerance quip, Tennessee temperance safeguards, heavy Westward emigration forecasts, Ohio River flood losses, a Virginia farmer’s crowing rooster aiding daily turkey hunts, Paris flower trade values, and shifting fashion for camellias and other blooms.
Sunday School Prize Sparks Mixed Response in Washington
A Washington Sunday School teacher offered 50 cents for every psalm memorized, drawing a rush for short psalms while longer ones reduced attendance. The Burlington Hawkeye notes the scene as a critique of mixing avarice with piety and comments on a poem by Clarence Fitz-Herbert about waiting at Heaven's gate.
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France Eyes Boost in Poultry Output and Georgia Prohibition Push
France reports 45 million fowl valued at 24 million with annual output of 100 million eggs and poultry, 70 million dollars in sales, while journals urge quadrupling the industry. In New York, Franz and Annie Ackerman were jailed on insanity charges after their starving children prompted SSPC intervention. Georgia moves toward broad prohibition as several counties vote to ban liquor, including Clayton and Spalding, with strong support in Paulding.
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Vast array of oddities and opinions swirl in era's gossip
The piece notes John L. Sullivan's saved $12,000 from a testimonial and plans to invest in a first class liquor saloon. It reports Ohio and Illinois guarding Garfield and Lincoln bodies, Stone opposing temperance in politics, a giant kite feat in Rochester, India's upheaval warning by John Bright, a France bird law, Shanghai brokers beaten by creditors, and a small Manila-descended colony of Malo island in Louisiana with unique isolation.
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Grief and Joy in Childhood in Harpers January
A Harpers Magazine January poem reflects on grief in royal estates, joy in simple things, and the persistence of childhood wonder. It contrasts wealth with humble fields, dawns and springs, and the freedom of wild birds beyond throne steps.
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Thousands of Alexandrian Burned-Out Citizens Suffer
In Carrio March 29 thousands of burned-out Alexandrians face destitution as public charity sustains them. Business stalls and Fellahen cannot repay advances on last year’s crops while Greek merchants refuse new lending, imperiling future harvests and taxes. A Fellahen blames English actions for widespread deprivation.
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Spelling Reform in Albany Class Under Tilden
The New York Tribune recalls a spelling class led by S J Tilden M A in Albany. Students recite and spell words amid playful challenges and reformist notes, ending with a collective spelling of Patriotism as the class exits.
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